Patents by Inventor Kentaro SUGANUMA

Kentaro SUGANUMA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200158167
    Abstract: A tapered roller bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring, and a plurality of rollers that are rollably disposed between raceway surfaces of the inner ring and the outer ring. A flange part is provided at one end portion or both end portions of the inner ring. Crownings are respectively formed on a rolling contact surface of each roller and the raceway surface of the inner ring. At least at one end portion of an effective contact length Le in a generatrix direction of the rolling contact surface of each roller and the raceway surface of the inner ring, a crowning drop amount in the raceway surface of the inner ring is smaller than a crowning drop amount in the rolling contact surface of each roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshinori MAEDA, Kentaro SUGANUMA